Amazon natural region

Amazon region
Ecology
RealmNeotropic
BiomeRainforest, Wetlands
Geography
Country Colombia
Coordinates1°N 72°W / 1°N 72°W / 1; -72
RiversCaquetá, Putumayo, Amazon
Climate typeTropical
The Amazon Region of Colombia is part of the Amazon rainforest.

Amazonía region in southern Colombia comprises the departments of Amazonas, Caquetá, Guainía, Guaviare, Putumayo and Vaupés, and covers an area of 483,000 km2, 35% of Colombia's total territory. The region is mostly covered by tropical rainforest, or jungle, which is a part of the greater Amazon rainforest.